Role of zirconium addition on stability of UAl3 phase in Al-U system

Kutty, TRG and Ganguly, C and Jayadevan, NC and Sastry, DH (1996) Role of zirconium addition on stability of UAl3 phase in Al-U system. In: Journal of Nuclear Materials, 230 (3). pp. 295-301.

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Abstract

The microstructural changes of Al-22 wt%U and Al-46 wt%U alloys containing 3 wt% Zr were investigated after heat treatment at 620 degrees C for 1 to 45 days, Though it is reported that addition of similar to 3 wt% Zr stabilizes the (U,Zr)Al-3 phase at room temperature, the present investigation shows that the (U,Zr)Al-3 phase is not stable but slowly transforms to the U0.9Al4 phase, The high temperature creep curves generated for these ternary alloys showed a wavy pattern which also suggests that the (U,Zr)Al-3 phase is not stable.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Nuclear Materials
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	13 May 2011 10:31
Last Modified:	13 May 2011 10:31
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/37521

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